Entry #21 and #22, Finding a Brother and Sister and Gleanings Summary and Analysis

Entry #21, Finding a Brother and Sister: Before Isabella went to New York, she attended the Methodist Church. Once in New York, she joined the Zion's Church which was entirely a colored church. She resided with a Mr. Pierson and was slowly drawn into the "kingdom" which was led by the prophet Matthias. During her time in New York, Isabella met with a sister that she had not seen in seventeen years. Sophia, the sister, introduced her to her brother, Michael, who Isabella had never met. Isabella also learned that her sister, Nancy, who had been taken away from her family in a sleigh box years before had recently died. Isabella learned that they had both attended the Zion Church and Isabella could remember seeing her...